Our Strength – Day 44

Psalm 18

¹ I love you, O Lord, my strength.
² The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
    my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
    my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Who is the Lord to you?  In Psalm 18, the Psalmist is praising God because of being rescued.  The rescue was huge and so he experienced God’s mighty hand at work personally.  He not only saw, but actually felt the strength of God working.  And it changed him.  He proclaims his love for the Lord, the ultimate strength.

God is so much bigger than our words.  He is so much more powerful than we can describe.  Our language fails us when it comes to describing the Creator and Sustainer of life.  But it is often when we are most in distress that we begin to see God at work.  It is when we need him most we see him most.  When God shows up to rescue us, it is life changing.  And to feel his power is not only incredible, but something we never forget.  

The more we spend time with God, the more we can begin to have words to describe who he is to us and how much he really means to us.  The closer we follow, we begin to love him more and more.  We don’t really understand this until we truly dedicate ourselves to following him, wherever he may lead.  Sometimes following is into the most difficult places.  But these are the times we see him, truly see him.  

May God show up for us today in a mighty way, reminding us he is our strength, deliverer and our refuge.  May we follow like never before.  And may we echo the Psalmist in proclaiming to God, “I love you.”